Scribd and Audible launched a new customer-facing AI-based search feature; is it a good thing? Apple is now requiring all authors distributing ebooks through them to disclose trader status in accordance with the new law rolling out (Digital Services Act). And, UCLA writing instructor Jeanne De Vita is looking for authors needing some editing done on up to 5,000 words of their manuscript. All that and more in the self-publishing news this week!

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Sources:

• Apple: Manage Digital Services Act compliance information - https://itunespartner.apple.com/books/support/5401-manage-digital-services-act-compliance-information
• OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/08/openai-has-the-tech-to-watermark-chatgpt-text-it-just-wont-release-it/
• Scribd, Inc. Debuts New AI-Powered Features that Make Searching and Enjoying Content Easier Than Ever - https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240801157592/en/Scribd-Inc.-Debuts-New-AI-Powered-Features-that-Make-Searching-and-Enjoying-Content-Easier-Than-Ever/
• Audible Is Beta Testing AI-Powered Search - https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/95670-audible-is-beta-testing-ai-powered-search.html
• Jeanne De Vita's Author Solicitation Form - https://form.book-genie.com/UCLA-Author-Solicitation-Form
• Miblart: Author Tool Mastery: Direct Sales, Website, Newsletter, and ARC Team - https://miblart.com/webinar-with-evan-gow/
• PublishDrive: Understanding of royalty payments and sales dashboard - https://streamyard.com/watch/gQPhP3G4XH7P
• Authors Guild: From Manuscript to Marketplace: Ninetails: Nine Tales - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q2oLF6RiRLG-tnNi-a4dUQ#/registration 
• Connect with Your Readers: Content Tips from Book Brush - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceqrrT8qE9xAk3F7gs-8fWmx13OMV7h1#/registration
• Jenny Hansen Lane: Side Hustles That ACTUALLY Work With Self-Publishing - https://youtu.be/k116CkOOoYg?si=VNbdgHdiexA9Kw-H
• Draft2Digital: Self Publishing Roadmap for Success - https://www.youtube.com/live/z9q0hxEYgfk?si=j6dZpSmNO2xlAFSi
• Advanced Self-Publishing for Authors - https://DaleLinks.com/AdvancedAuthors
• Join my ARC Team - https://DaleLinks.com/ARCTeam 

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